TY - JOUR
T1 - Spectacles in the muslim world
T2 - New evidence from the mid-fourteenth century
AU - Mazora, Amir
AU - Hershkovitsb, Keren Abbou
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Obscurity surrounds not only the date and name of the inventor of eyeglasses, but also the date and place where eyeglasses (or information pertaining to them) reached the Muslim world. It is assumed that eyeglasses were transmitted to the Muslim world through commerce with Italian traders, which is probable, while other options also present themselves. This paper shows, at any rate, that the date traditionally given for the first acquaintance of the Muslim world with eyeglasses is wrong. In this article, we present evidence that eyeglasses were available in Syria since the fourteenth century and discuss the implications of this discovery.
AB - Obscurity surrounds not only the date and name of the inventor of eyeglasses, but also the date and place where eyeglasses (or information pertaining to them) reached the Muslim world. It is assumed that eyeglasses were transmitted to the Muslim world through commerce with Italian traders, which is probable, while other options also present themselves. This paper shows, at any rate, that the date traditionally given for the first acquaintance of the Muslim world with eyeglasses is wrong. In this article, we present evidence that eyeglasses were available in Syria since the fourteenth century and discuss the implications of this discovery.
KW - Al-á¢afadī
KW - Al-á¢ayrafī
KW - Eyeglasses
KW - Ê¿Ilm al-Manāá"FOR VERIFICATIONir
KW - Ibn al-Haytham
KW - Islam
KW - Kitab al-manāá"FOR VERIFICATIONir
KW - Mamluks
KW - optics
KW - Syria
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84885647254&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1163/15733823-0011A0003
DO - 10.1163/15733823-0011A0003
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AN - SCOPUS:84885647254
SN - 1383-7427
VL - 18
SP - 291
EP - 305
JO - Early Science and Medicine
JF - Early Science and Medicine
IS - 3
ER -